. >> reporter: it was malala's high-profile campaign to guarantee girls an education that put her on the taliban hit list. as students around the country prayed for her recovery today, pakistan's prime minister came to the hospital to pay tribute. >> reporter: but to demonstrators in islamabad, those were empty words. pakistanis are used to hearing about acts of violence, especially violence against women. but this attack on malala has shocked people who thought they were unshockable. immediately after the shooting, her friends described the savage attack. shazia ramzan, who was also wounded said armed men stopped the school bus that day and demanded "which one is malala?" then, as kainat riaz, they started shooting. it's a miracle that at such close range the gunmen didn't kill these two girls or malala who now needs round-the-clock military protection as she fights to recover. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, islamabad. >> pelley: the nobel peace prize was awarded today to the european union, the political and economic group of 27 countries. the citation says the e.u. has maintained pea